Some
really awesome news is that Railey our 21 year old investigator is getting
baptized this weekend in the ocean! So excited for him and then inJjune he is
going to study in Holland and there is a temple there! So we are talking about
that with him alot. Elder Montgomery will baptize him. We started teaching him
like four weeks ago. He was a reference that was just really ready. When we asked
him who he wanted to baptize him out of the branch he said " one of you
two...but I am gonna flip a coin" ha he is pretty funny I love being around
him.
Today we totally went hunting for iguanas to barbeque with an investigator
and we found HUGE ones but they always got away hiding in this big mounds of
cactuses so....that was disappointing.
Something else cool that happened in
aruba was that the first chapel out here on the islands was dedicated yesterday.
I hope I go there after Coraseau. Also we had fifty two people in church
yesterday even though our branch president and senior missionary couple were in
Aruba which is pretty awesome.They haven't had that many here in a while. We
have been trying hard to establish good relationships with inactives and get
them back to church. One of the reasons they left is because native islanders
don't like that the branch speaks spanish it should be papiamentu so all the
leaders basically speak papiamentu and we do, but there are some stubborn mamers
with language here. Slowly everybody is getting a clue and converting over though
the only problem is that the Book of mormon isn't even finished in the native
language here.
What else... oh yeah yesterday I had to be the translator for a
really bad misunderstanding about an American member and a spanish member that
sold him a car and it was really uncomfortable because there were
misinterpretations all over the place from the deal they made six weeks ago and
they were both very upset but it ended up working out alright..
Tomorrow is a a
very big day for this island it is rincon day the Queen of Holland's Birthday
and supposedly everybody comes here to one city from the three islands and
basically have a huge parade and a packed street with lots of cool things to buy
and food to eat and we have been told we basically have to go and contact there
and learn more about the culture so that will be a cool opportunity.
I still
haven't had the opportunity to kill the bird soooo I will keep you updated on
that, and elder Montgomery leaves to Aruba this week and I will be here with
Elder Thornock from Wyoming he seems really cool and a bit quieter than elder
Montgomery. Sounds like Brea is tearing it up in track the hurdles are awesome!
and same with Brittan in lacrosse.
Suprisingly I get the mail decently fast here
so keep sending letters when you can :) I wish I was there to talk with you
about those lessons and everything mom I really enjoy that too :) love
you!
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